The Indianapolis Star has revealed that as governor of Indiana, Pence routinely used an unsecured AOL account to conduct business, and that the account was hacked. (I think you can hack AOL by picking up the receiver in the other room, d'oh!)

According to the paper:

Emails released to IndyStar in response to a public records request show Pence communicated via his personal AOL account with top advisers on topics ranging from security gates at the governor’s residence to the state’s response to terror attacks across the globe. In one email, Pence’s top state homeland security adviser relayed an update from the FBI regarding the arrests of several men on federal terror-related charges.

Cyber-security experts say the emails raise concerns about whether such sensitive information was adequately protected from hackers, given that personal accounts like Pence's are typically less secure than government email accounts. In fact, Pence's personal account was hacked last summer.

Furthermore, advocates for open government expressed concerns about transparency because personal emails aren't immediately captured on state servers that are searched in response to public records requests.

So, some of the communications involved national security, and yet many times while on the campaign trail, Pence excoriated Hillary Clinton for having a private server and using a personal email account.

Donald Trump initially said he would delay his veep announcement out of respect for the victims in Nice, France, but he went back on his word (again) and announced on Twitter that Gov. Mike Pence of Indiana was his choice, as had already been widely reported.

Unexciting.

Pence is a far-right, anti-LGBT, anti-abortion governor. Trump already has the Evangelical vote sewn up, so I guess what Pence gives him is domestic, establishment cred.

Gov. Mike Pence is set to be tapped as Donald Trump's veep. (Not sure why Gingrich and FOX News severed ties so recently, unless Gingrich was faked out.) The man is virulently anti-LGBT and anti-abortion, yet he has said he is against Trump's promise to keep all Muslims out of the U.S.

Should be an interesting—zzzz—pair.

Let's make these right-wing douchebags into the losers they are in November.